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+/* Copyright (c) 2016-2020, The Tor Project, Inc. */
+/* See LICENSE for licensing information */
+
+/*
+ * Example usage:
+ *
+ * ./src/test/test-rng --emit | dieharder -g 200 -a
+ *
+ * Remember, dieharder can tell you that your RNG is completely broken, but if
+ * your RNG is not _completely_ broken, dieharder cannot tell you whether your
+ * RNG is actually secure.
+ */
+
+#include "orconfig.h"
+
+#ifdef HAVE_UNISTD_H
+#include <unistd.h>
+#endif
+#include <stdio.h>
+#include <string.h>
+#include <errno.h>
+
+#include "lib/crypt_ops/crypto_rand.h"
+
+int
+main(int argc, char **argv)
+{
+ uint8_t buf[0x123];
+
+ if (argc != 2 || strcmp(argv[1], "--emit")) {
+ fprintf(stderr, "If you want me to fill stdout with a bunch of random "
+ "bytes, you need to say --emit.\n");
+ return 1;
+ }
+
+ if (crypto_seed_rng() < 0) {
+ fprintf(stderr, "Can't seed RNG.\n");
+ return 1;
+ }
+
+#if 0
+ while (1) {
+ crypto_rand(buf, sizeof(buf));
+ if (write(1 /*stdout*/, buf, sizeof(buf)) != sizeof(buf)) {
+ fprintf(stderr, "write() failed: %s\n", strerror(errno));
+ return 1;
+ }
+ }
+#endif /* 0 */
+
+ crypto_fast_rng_t *rng = crypto_fast_rng_new();
+ while (1) {
+ crypto_fast_rng_getbytes(rng, buf, sizeof(buf));
+ if (write(1 /*stdout*/, buf, sizeof(buf)) != sizeof(buf)) {
+ fprintf(stderr, "write() failed: %s\n", strerror(errno));
+ return 1;
+ }
+ }
+}